‘Thief’ lynched in Manikganj

A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dhulundi village in Ghior upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain,26, son of Badsha Hossain of Tara Bandutia village of the upazila. Locals said when a Ranjit Achariya of the village raised a hue and cry sensing presence of thieves in his house local people rushed in. Chasing the thieves, the villagers caught one of them, Mamun, and gave him a good beating, leaving him crucially injured. He was first taken to Ghior upazila health complex and then shifted to Manikganj sadar hospital where doctors declared him dead. The body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy. Ghior thana officer-in-charge Shahidul Islam said two separate cases have been filed. – UNB